Suspect in PNC Bank robbery turns himself in

MARION - A man wanted by police in connection to a bank robbery Saturday has turned himself in.

Thomas Harris, 32, was arrested for a parole violation Sunday after he turned himself in to police, according to an email from Marion Police Lt. B.J. Gruber. Charges for the robbery are pending, Gruber said.

Police suspect that Harris stole an undisclosed amount of money from the PNC Bank on Mount Vernon Avenue about 11:20 a.m. Saturday after they say he passed a note to a teller, demanded money and threatened to use a gun, according to a press release issued by the Marion Police Department.

Witnesses said a black man, described as 5 feet 8 inches and 230 pounds, entered the bank with his hand in his pocket, claiming to have a gun, according to the release.

Within 15 minutes of the call, officers found what they believed to be the suspect's vehicle in the 400 block of Easy Street in the Fairpark neighborhood on Marion’s north side, according to the release.